I agree with your suggestions. In fact, I have a very nice pair of forceps that I got over 25 years ago when I went to the hospital Emergency to get stitches following a sports injury. Those forceps were not normally the disposable kind, but they apparently had some type of damage and were going to be thrown out. I can't see where they were damaged, and all I had to do was ask for them -- well, that, and a get a few stitches, and a big bill!